Frontiers in Agronomy | Pest Management

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

National versus Trinitarian cacao hybrids in Ecuador: which is less infested by sap pests and which is less damaged by pod pests

in Pest Management

Dorys T. Chirinos
Rossana Castro
Fernando David Sánchez-Mora
Jessenia Castro-Olaya
Christina Mero Peñarrieta
Patricia Morán
Luz C. García Cruzatty

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1588450

683 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Field Performance of a Self-Limiting, Genetically Engineered Fall Armyworm for Biological Pest Management

in Pest Management

Catherine E. Reavey
Felipe A. Domingues
Kyla Ercit
Ricardo L. Pinto
Neil Naish
Mayur Yadav
Tamires Frazon
Katarzyna Cabala
Edward Sulston
Angela Pickl-Herk

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1613689

1,337 views

Original Research

Accepted on 20 Aug 2025

Tridax coronopifolia var. alboradiata (Asteraceae) Essential Oil: Chemical Characterization and Repellent Potential Against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

in Pest Management

Lilibeth Gómez Sosa
Rafael Pérez-Pacheco
Baldomero Hortencio Zárate-Nicolás
Yolanda Donají Ortiz-Hernández
Alfonso Vásquez-López
Teodulfo Aquino-Bolaños
Beatriz Quiroz- González
Sabino H. Martinez-Tomas
Fabián Arroyo-Balán
Alicia Fonseca-Muñoz

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1648839

253 views

Data Report

Published on 20 Aug 2025

Thermal and RGB image dataset for detection and management of Fall Army Worm (FAW) infestation in maize

in Pest Management

Prakash Sandhya
B Venkataramana
T. Pradeesh Kumar
Radhakrishnan Sujatha

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1629681

847 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Aug 2025

Rapid Risk Assessment to Prioritise Potentially High-risk Non-native Plant Pests to Protect Agriculture and Forestry, Safeguard Biodiversity, and Facilitate Trade in Burundi

in Pest Management

Joseph Mulema
Privat Ndayihanzamaso
Placide Birushe
Epitace Bizimungu
Eustache Cimpaye
Elie Gikoro
Gaspard Hakizimana
Egide Hatungimana
Arlene Ingabire
Antoine Irakiza

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1604493

363 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2025

Prioritising non-native pest species to inform plant health biosecurity policy decisions and to safeguard agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, and livelihoods in Uganda

in Pest Management

Joseph Mulema
Caroline Nankinga
John Patrick Kanahe Kagorora
Geoffrey Tusiime
Robert Amayo
Martin Chemonges
Costa Gumisiriya
Fred Kato
Boniface Mulindwa Kigongo
David Kutunga

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1601845

1,872 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

Evidence of vacuolar-ATPase gene mediated RNA interference on Systena frontalis (F) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) adults

in Pest Management

Ramkumar Govindaraju
Rajesh Vavilapalli
Shimat V. Joseph

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1613851

906 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Stem-cutting dipping in insecticides and biopesticide application for the control of Bemisia tabaci whitefly in cassava

in Pest Management

Massoud Amour
Khamis A. Issa
Everlyne N. Wosula
Mathias Ndalahwa
Flora Stephano
David Chandler
Innocent Ndyetabula
James P. Legg

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1623632

763 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Integration of wing pattern morphology and deep learning to support Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pest identification

in Pest Management

Karina M. Torres
Chenjiao Tan
Kayla A. Mollet
Allan H. Smith-Pardo
Rui Xu
Changying Li
Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1602164

1,276 views

Data Report

Published on 01 Jul 2025

Dataset of date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.) thermal images and their classification based on Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) infestation

in Pest Management

Adnan Nadeem
Muhammad Ashraf
Amir Mehmood
Kashif Rizwan
Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1604188

1,288 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Regional variations and determinants of pesticide use among farmers in Southwestern Nigeria: implications for sustainable agriculture

in Pest Management

Abdullahi Adeola
Cornelis A. M. van Gestel
Victoria Funmilayo Doherty
Idowu Ayisat Aneyo
Folashade Ajagbe
Faizo Kasule

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1503899

1,599 views

Original Research

Published on 20 May 2025

Research on multi class pests identification and detection based on fusion attention mechanism with Mask-RCNN-CBAM

in Pest Management

Xingwang Wang
Can Hu
Xufeng Wang
Hainie Zha
Xueyong Chen
Shanshan Yuan
Jing Zhang
Jianfeng Liao
Zhangying Ye

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1578412

1,219 views

Editorial

Published on 20 May 2025

Editorial: Latest research advances in biology, ecology, and integrated pest management of invasive insects

in Pest Management

Mohannad Ismail
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Salvatore Arpaia
Elena Costi

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1621134

1,227 views

Review

Published on 24 Apr 2025

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa: insights into biology, ecology and impact on staple crops, food systems and management approaches

in Pest Management

Abou Togola
Yoseph Beyene
Roland Bocco
Ghislain Tepa-Yotto
Manje Gowda
Abel Too
Prasanna Boddupalli

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1538198

4,990 views
6 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 25 Mar 2025

Advances in botanical-based nanoformulations for sustainable cotton insect pest management in developing countries

in Pest Management

Renatus Laurent Luneja
Angela Gerald Mkindi

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2025.1558395

3,390 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 31 Jul 2024

Impact of phytohormones on wheat resistance to Hessian fly under heat stress

in Pest Management

Mohamed Maldani
Lieceng Zhu
Janaia Jackson
Ming-Shun Chen
Destiny Capers
Nazir Rania
Cailee Gore
Hannah Pankey
Johnae Walker

Frontiers in Agronomy

doi 10.3389/fagro.2024.1331871

1,556 views
1 citation